Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana from The Netherlands & Belgium
McCrae and Helmer
Location: Ypres (Belgium, West Flanders) - John McCrae Bunker
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: John McCrae was inspired to write 'In Flanders Fields' after the death of his friend Alexis Helmer. McCrae would later die after contracting pneumonia and cerebral meningitis. Visions of both McCrae and Helmer have been reported in this bunker, as have the sound of gunfire and voices.
Black Dog
Location: Zutphen (Netherlands, Gelderland) - Library at St Walburgis church
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown, footprints still present
Further Comments: Jaromir, a fasting monk at this church broke his vow and ate a cooked chicken which someone had left in the library. As soon as he finished the meal, a large black dog with burning eyes appeared, took the monk's keys and locked him in the library. The dog's footprints are still said to be found on the floor.
Farmer's Son
Location: Zutphen (Netherlands, Gelderland) - Farm between Brummen and Zutphen, known as Dijkzicht or 'de spookboerderij'
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Post January 1841
Further Comments: The farmer's son, after arguing with his father over marrying a maid, hanged himself from a nearby tree. The son's ghost returned, creating such havoc in the farmhouse at the farmer moved away.
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